The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-02-03

] stock % The Council grove, smoky WALES A
Woa1eFn Railway Company In kau.-s, oy Liberty
WaEE.As. petition signed By Lsandsr Mapss
! and dfty-three Others Of the resideut payers
/ Ka1sAs, and being more than tgo-diths t2-al o.
| TIE resident tax Peyers ~ sill Liberty t9Elahlp
has been On tins N th day 81 January, A. D. ls6l
presented % the board 81 County Commirsioners
u aid county q 81 ne. for tie consideration
and aciion o. aaid board, there being present
Assn Miller. chairmaa, and A. l.. Dcdge and j.
bard and joseph sargent cleIf Of aid county
and cerk Of said beard, which aid petition. via
ths signatures thereto emitted, Is IN Eurts aid
hEursa following, to-Hit;
PETITION
h ~ ussr q s,bseriptoa % iis e-paai sea q ~
os-ae1 Gr0gs, S..atg Iaiisy e ilsssTs sallrssy
~ tsEaiy q ,sliils alE.s q Er-slr
To rHE HosoRABLE BoAED Or CoUNET CoHuIs-
slosEss. ~ rHE COUSTr % sALIsE, stats o.
kASsks-
We, the undersigned, yoar petiiioners. each
being q resident taE-pIyeT o. the township Of
Liberty In she county Of saline. state Of Kansas,
rc1pectfully petition your honorable budy % sub
nil 20 the qualided electors Of sid township Cor
their accepiaaee or reection. a. sPcciai elecuon
70 ba ordered By your nonoraule body. uuder and
In pursunnce 81 the laws % Kansas. and the Act
entitled An Aet % enable eountiss, townships
and eitis % aid 10 tue construction OF raiiroass,
and % repeal section eight OF ehapter thiity-nine
o. The laws Of lsIi, approved February 2ltns 1916
and the amendment thereto and acts supplement
tai thereof, the iolioEing proposition, Win the
terms and conditions herein specided t0-Wit
Shall The township % Liberty, IN the county oi
saline, 10 the state Of kanzis, subscribe for une
Hundrcd Share, Of One Hundred lullarseach o.
the capital siock Of The touncil Grove, smoky
Valley e Western Railway Company In Kansas,
ami 81 payment thereof issue % the said raiiEay
company ten Of she bonds OF rlid township Of the
ACCOMMODATION OF one Thousand nollars each or -
many thgrcof nut gKcc-finE aaid uumuer a. shall
amount 10 noi exceeding four thousand doi.afs
per mile of railway track constructed On said
township b. aid RAJ ~ eumpany said bonds %
be payable % bearer a. the .hseai agency OF the
state Ut kansas m New lork City, thirty year,
after date tnereul bearing Interest the rate u
annually. for which Interest coupons shall Be
attached. payable 10 the fscal agency Aforesaid
tins subscription o. siOck and issue Of BONDS being
upon the following cundifiuu, namely As soon
a. said proposition shall be determined 10 the
Affirmative by a canvass OF the votes east az such
election the board OF county commissioner OF
SD cuuuty Of saline Tor anu Ca behalf OF said
toHnship Of Liberty. shall Urder the county clerk
% make and the county clerk shall make said sub
senptiou IN the name Of said township OF Liberty
for said one hundred shares Of capital stock 20 /
said railway company. And when the railroad o. /
said railway con uany shall be completed and /
0uilt and IN opera lion By lease Ur Otherwise. from
Gypsum City. % within oue-fourth mile Of the |
Union PACING depot, Bridgeport saline county
10 the state Of kansas, then the iid county com
mia1ioners shall cause sucn bonds. with coupons !
attached Aforesaid % be issued Ia The name Of
said Liberty township and shall deliver the same
% Elid railway company 90 delivery or tender 10
the county clerk Of SAID county ui saline In behalf
Of said township Of Liberty. certificate for said
shares Of the iu paid eapsai STOCK Of said railway
company, equal IN amount with said bonds dollar /
for dollar. That said company shall lucatc aud |
maintain such suitable and suticient dcuot build
inEs aud track iaciliiies within mile Of the |
center Of the rauay track built IN said township
a. shall accomm0dats the husipess Of said compa-
NJ 10 said township.
Prosided said railrnad shall De built and cum.
peicd and ~ operation, By lease or utheruts- as
Aforesaid, on OF before the iisi day OF Uecember
A. D. lss7, a. the city OF iindshurg kansas The |
form OF ballots 10 BE- used a. said election snail be-
" For the subscription Of stock ami issue OF bonds
10 the Councii Grove, Smoky Valley 4 Western /
Railway Company IN Kansas, and Against the /
subscription Of stock and issue Of bonds tor the
Council Grove, smoky Valley a Western Railway /
Company In Kansas
And Whereas, The said petition being duly /
filed and nos set down Tor hearing. and toe said /
board Of county commissioners having duly exam
iued and considered the SAME, ana being fully i
advised IN the premises the said board 40 int i
and declare that said petition b. in writing. that
it Is subscribed b. more than tE0-diths is-lI Of
the resident taxpaycrs 0i said Liberty township Il
In said colnty of saline; that o. dcsiguaIes tiis
said The Council Grove, cuIoky Valley q Vest
err Railway Company "a hansas us the company
70 which Il Is proposed % extend aid Ia thr cua-
struciIuu and building OF is railroad int within
and through faid liberty township aud the
amount Of capital stock Of aid company for uhirh
Il Is proposed that sid Liberty ioWnship shall
suhsoTine that u sets forth the terms Of pay
ment Tor said stock, together with the terms and
conditions upon which 10 Is proposed o. make 40
subscription, and the ballot % ile used "a aid |
election, asked and prayed - be held Ia said Lib
erty township that the said petition Is In all re-
specis in conformity % law.
Nov, Therefore, in accordance with the PRAYER
Of said petition, and pursuant % and by virtue
and under the authority OF tue several statutes !
In such ease made and provided. it D. here0y or /
Tered and declared By the said board that IN.
payer Of szid petition be ana the sEme h hsrebv
granted, and That special election be held Ia |
lsth day Of February. A. D., ISL TOE The purpose
% voting on said proposition, and that 40 gaid |
lpecia election the question and proposition A.
81 forth In the hereIubeiore recited petition ali
q u-birb Al rrtftion a herebv maze \ rart ~ |
his order-shall Be and Is hereby submtfted 20 |
he legal and qualified electors OF said Liberty /
oWnship county Of saline, Tor thea decision, By
roting 81 ballot thereon, a. In said petition des-
gnaied.
Ana It Is further ordered and declared that said
lsction Be held ~ the usual place u holding ecc
ions m said Liberty township, and that 10 b.
leld and that the returns BE- made, and the re-
uit Be ascertained and declared Ia the same |
manner as Is provided b. Law, Tor holding gener-
i elections, and that tie ballots used a. slid /
SECTION shall have written printed thereon the
words. -For the Subscription OF stock and Issue |
u Bonds 70 the Council Grove, smoky alley a |
Western Railway Company In kausas or he
TOris: "AgainsI the Subscription uf stock aud |
ssue Of Bonds 70 The Council Grove. smoky Val
ey a western Railway Company in kanss- '-
aid ballots 70 Be- counted for or against said
And Il is further ordered By said board that the /
herim Of said Saline county make due procianI1-
ion and notice 90 the voters and qusliled electors
" aid Liberty tJWnship of Submission OF sad
ueaiion and proposition sci forth in SAID nati- /
i0u and this order % and Tor their fecisiua 81 /
DE special election, 10 Be held a. Aforesaid. By |
lub liahing the sid Proclamation Tor thirty DAYS
" m0re next preceding The DAY Of holding said
,leciion. in the saline County JOURNAL news
laper published in The ci,y OF Saiina, IN sad
ioantys aud having general circulation ln aid
-iDerty township and county 90 saline, and that l
ID said PROF. amatiou the said sheriff set fuh /
his order recitinE said petition
And The c0uniy CLERK 90 said pounty and cK-
,fcio clerk OF this board, is hefeby directed 10
ssue 70 the sheriff Of aid county 81 5aiine State
if Kansas, daily certified cepy % this order
Done By the board OF county commissioners. Of
he county Of saline. STATE Of Kansas this nth l
hay Of January. A. b Isl
ne Baard q olaiy C5aaiirriaef q ~ souu,y 81
iaiias.
Arson MuLEH, Chairman,
=; N + R Sosek' Member ofsaid Beard.